Dear All The international office at my institution has been contacted by the 'China Academic Degrees and Graduate Education Development Center (CDGDC)' asking for '*/support to give us some suggestions on the ranking and provide some basic data of your university to us/*'. In particular they have asked for the name/contact responsible for dealing with the THE or QS rankings. From what I can ascertain, this is a new ranking being developed. Has any other institution been contacted by this organisation and do you have any concerns that they might be trying to get data directly from you institution, rather than via HESA? Kind Regards, Julie -- Dr. Julie Ann Leeming, Senior Strategic Planning Officer, St. George's, University of London, London 020 8725 3642